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HawkTrax - Jake Laptad

Laptad named to watch list

Kansas defensive end Jake Laptad was added on Wednesday to the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award.

Keegan: Laptad a coach’s dream

Given the assignment to create in his basement the perfect football brain, Dr. Frankenstein would have made a man who speaks exclusively in clichés, does not question authority and does the same things with his free time as coaches have him doing at practice.

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Thrill of the chase

Junior DE Laptad key for Jayhawks’ pass rush

When Kansas University defensive end Jake Laptad plays video games in his spare time, his team of choice is the Kansas City Chiefs.

Laptad grows into role

Eight meals a day bulked up KU lineman

Go ahead and call Jake Laptad a pig. For a while there, he couldn’t argue. Kansas University’s freshman defensive end was merely a toothpick one year ago, at least by defensive-lineman standards. Finishing up his senior season at Jenks (Okla.) High, Laptad weighed 212 pounds. His 6-foot-4 frame was ready for more weight, and Laptad’s college career depended on it.